ANN7 Quietly "Suspends" media show Between the Lines

Host on ANN7's Between the Lines, Asanda Magaqa, talking to frequent guest Moegsien Williams, editor of ANN7 and The New Age

ANN7, DStv 405, has silently suspended the excellent media review show, Between the Lines, which is hosted by the wonderful Asanda Magaqa.

I noticed two weeks ago that the show, which brings together various top editors to discuss the weeks top stories and how the media covers them, was no longer on the air.

Later, Asanda herself stated that the show has been "suspended," with no official word from the channel themselves.

Asanda joined ANN7 from Power FM earlier this year to launch Between the Lines, which has, or should I say had, a live weekly premiere on a Sunday morning at 9am.

Since the suspension, Asanda has also removed any references to ANN7 from her twitter profile, so it is highly unlikely that the show would be back, though I would LOVE to be wrong on this one.

Between the Lines, along with Media Monitor on SABC News were the only shows on SA television dedicated solely to covering the media. Though eNCA's Maggs on Media does have a segment about the, uhm, media every now and then, it is a show about advertising (for any writers out there that keep referring to that show as a media review show).

Between the Lines was really one of ANN7's top speciality programmes, along with Political Edge. Both shows never had a dull week in attracting top notch guests to discuss relevant topics.I would rather have had one of the channel's countless entertainment shows cancelled instead.